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Silver Chimes in Syria
Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

Silver Chimes in Syria Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

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SILVER CHIMES IN SYRIA


HENRY A. NELSON MEMORIAL Tripoli Boys' School

HENRY A. NELSON MEMORIAL

Tripoli Boys' School


SILVER CHIMES IN
SYRIA

GLIMPSES OF A MISSIONARY'S
EXPERIENCES

BY

W. S. NELSON, D.D.,

AUTHOR OF "HABEEB THE BELOVED"

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PHILADELPHIA
THE WESTMINSTER PRESS
1914


COPYRIGHT, 1914

BY F. M. BRASELMANN


DEDICATION

July 17, 1888. Cincinnati, Ohio.

This book is affectionately inscribed to her who has been the companion of my life for twenty-five years; my helper in all my work; my cheer and comfort in all circumstances; the maker of my home; the source of all that is silvery in the chimes that ring to-day.

Homs, Syria, July 17, 1913.


PREFACE

When a tourist is seated on the deck of a steamer, waiting to leave the country in which he has enjoyed an outing, his eyes do not seek the low-lying shore of the sea, for the memories he would retain hereafter. He lifts his eyes to the overhanging mountains. Nor is it the whole massive range that holds his vision. He looks instinctively to the scattered, lofty summits which stand aloof as it were from the monotony of the lower range. Especially as the sun sinks below the western horizon do his eyes dwell lovingly on those highest peaks which are colored with the light of the setting sun.

My purpose in sending out this collection of sketches is somewhat the same. I have not attempted a continuous narrative, with all the monotony of repeated acts, but have sought to make vivid to the reader some of the more conspicuous features of missionary life, in the hope of deepening sympathy with the workers and increasing zeal in the work. That is my excuse for the free use of the personal pronoun, not to make prominent the person, but to emphasize the reality. May the volume be enjoyed by our fellow workers in America, and blessed by Him whom we all serve.


CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.   Arrival in Syria 3
II.   Language Study 14
III.   Travel and Communication 19
IV.   Evangelistic Trips 34
V.   Aleppo 53
VI.   New Stations and Buildings 65
VII.   Camping Life 75
VIII.   Persecution 87
IX.   Emigration 94
X.   Syrian Enterprises 104
XI.   Interruptions 111
XII.   Our Supporters 127
XIII.   Personal Friends 136
XIV.   Tripoli Boys' School 150
XV.   Moving 164
XVI.   The Muezzin or the Bell 169

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Henry A. Nelson Memorial—Tripoli Boys' School Frontispiece
Latakia Boys' School Facing Page

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